Elizabeth Sullivan-Burton

Need something planned?
Documentation a mess?

With a decade of experience in operations and finance, a love of learning, and a taste for project management, I might be your next great hire.

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2025

Accounting Analyst

Designed and built multiple reporting tools (both Excel and SQL-based) to allow leadership to analyze metrics that were previously not visible
Created new processes around identifying units that might have fallen into abatement, and worked with property management leaders to identify probable process gaps
Worked on or ran multiple projects to improve existing systems and document processes

2023

Accountant

Worked on team of 3 to do major overhaul of part of the budgeting process, which required significant cross-team collaboration and project management
Managed Project-Based Voucher contracts, including locating missing agreements, building a deadline tracker, and coordinating request process
Handled various accounting duties, including posting payments, investigating ledger issues, checking payment variances, and doing bank reconciliations

2021

Planroom and Finance Director

Completed a software conversion which had previously been bogged down for years, including finding a less expensive and more efficient alternative to the previous vendor
Organized several major annual events for association, including developing new processes and coordinating with event participants and internal team
Increased AP efficiency by digitizing and uploading bill copies into system, encouraging vendors to email bills, and setting up system to track monthly bills received
Handled day-to-day accounts payable and receivable for construction association, including invoicing customers, checking and paying bills, and doing some month-end reporting

2018

Property and Operations Manager

Managed ever-changing tasks and priorities, from responding to maintenance calls to preparing financial reports
Planned unit renovations on behalf of owners, including purchasing and arranging delivery of supplies, coordinating with vendors, and communicating with property owners
Handled all financial matters for property management business, including payroll, accounts receivable and accounts payable, tracking project costs, and bank reconciliations
Helped navigate complex situations, including handling escalated customer calls, discussing options with current/prospective tenants, and explaining issues for property owners

2016

Operations Manager (Dec 2016)
Administrative Assistant (Aug 2016)

As Operations Manager, helped develop new procedures for planned expansion of business
As Administrative Assistant, supported team in variety of administrative roles, including bookkeeping, listing management, and taking phone calls

Excel
Able to use complex nested formulas, lookups, table sorts, pivot tables, charts, and programming in VBA
Word
Comfortable building complex, cross-referenced documents, creating custom styles, building complex mail merges
Access
Able to build forms, queries, and tables from scratch, programming in VBA, familar with SQL

Yardi Voyager 7S
General power user, including providing backup to system admin, comfortable writing Yardi SQL reports
AppFolio
Managed system rollout at previous company and acted as system administrator, plus heavy daily use
QuickBooks
Have set up books and imported data at previous companies, including handling all routine financial functions

Databases
Comfortable writing queries in several dialects of SQL, as well as setting up my own relational databases
Python
General practical user, capable of writing scripts for automating some routine tasks (e.g. batching email, manipulating files)

2010

Ave Maria University

Bachelor of Arts, History
4-year liberal arts degree with a heavy writing focus, including a senior capstone requirement of writing a 50-page thesis